A homeowner was shot at by HPD officer after being mistaken for an armed intruder
A homeowner had a close call after he was mistaken to be an intruder by a Houston Police officer responding to a panic alarm.
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According to Assistant Chief P. Cantu of the Houston Police Department, a panic alarm went off at the homeowner's home at 10:50 p.m.
Ten minutes later, officers with the Houston Police Department arrived at the residence located in the 5500 block of August Hill Drive in Kingwood, TX at 11 p.m. EMS was already at the scene.
The officers knocked on the front door but did not hear a response. They went around to the back of the house to check the backyard and the perimeter. At one point, the officer noticed a man inside the home that pointed a gun at them. One of the responding officers, thinking it was an intruder, then disch...